Axe looms over six-monthly school reports
National Standards have gone, and six-monthly reports on students may soon be axed.
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Nervous wait for 165,000 students with NCEA results out today
More than 165,000 students nationwide will be able to check their results today.
Keep gender identity issues out of the classroom, says poll
People are evenly divided on gender identity/biological sex in child sports teams.
Student chaos: Schools use force on pupils '13 times a day'
About 0.2 per cent of children with extreme behaviours are "creating chaos" in schools.
The gap between the rich and poor at university in New Zealand
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A chance to finally 'own' language policy
Interest groups applaud chance to advance language learning from start of schooling.
New languages could be offered to all kids
Nikki Kaye's bill will set off a debate on which languages should be taught.
Overseas trips costing schools tens of thousands
Blockhouse Bay Intermediate's spending catches Auditor-General's attention again.
Biggest education shake-up in 30 years proposed
School boards could be stripped of power in new proposal.
Hipkins concedes: no consensus yet on big NCEA changes
Minister sees consensus to reduce assessment and teach more "life skills".
Commissioner steps in at Henderson Valley School
Board asked to be dissolved because of a "breakdown in relationships between trustees".
Teachers and principals reject latest pay offer
It is the third government offer they have rejected.
Science test: 80% aren't ready for high school
Report finds progress between Years 4 and 8 is too slow in all subjects.
Education Ministry warns: NCEA credibility at risk
Students two to three times more likely to get "excellence" with internal assessment.
NCEA debate: Are external exams a 'colonial system'?
In-depth analysis reveals major changes in 10 years of NCEA data.
Education Ministry slammed for video on pay dispute
Ministry campaigns for "yes" vote in teachers' ballot on latest pay offer.
Principals push for fast-track, on-the-job teacher training
Principals want more fast-track trained teachers in their classes.
Secondary teachers reject pay offer, vote to strike
The Government needs to take responsibility to fix teaching, union says.
Academics: 'Our bosses are paid too much'
Academics want bosses paid no more than five times the lowest-paid workers.
Fees-free money could be better spent
Figures show free tertiary education is not serving any real need.
Boy, 2, kicked out of daycare over 7-hour day 'law'
Daycare: "Due to strict laws with Ministry of Education" child must attend 7 hours.
Paula Tesoriero: Inclusive education better for all
COMMENT:Children with learning difficulties are not a problem in schools; it's the system.
Govt targets salaries and higher child to teacher ratios
Plan sets out a range of recommendations which would help improve the education sector
School driving scheme may teach parents too
At least half of parents of students at William Colenso College don't have licences.
Schools paying for teacher registration renewals
Paying for teacher registration would show 'considerable goodwill', AGS head says.
Struggling to learn: Understanding kids' different brains is 'like coming out of the fog'
Teachers say understanding kids' brains is 'like coming out of the fog'.
Education Minister says teachers keep asking for more
Latest pay offer "overwhelmingly rejected" at first teachers' meetings today.
Striking teachers hold out for workload relief, smaller classes
"Time to teach, time to lead" - workload claims are now dominating teachers' demands.
Teachers on strike: 'The 1980s called, they want their wages back'
Teachers say $700m pay offer came too late to rearrange strike meetings.
School expulsion can be fatal - study
Study linking expulsions to early deaths dramatises the high cost of school failure.
Struggling to learn: Some kids have better chances in Africa
Simon Collins shares Razeal's tale and asks where we are going wrong.
Henderson Valley School board to review concerns over principal
Henderson Valley School's board will "carefully review" concerns raised in an open letter.
Revealed: Hawke's Bay school expulsion, suspension rates
Stand down, suspension, exclusion, expulsion? Full Hawke's Bay schools data is revealed.
Number of jobless in Hawke's Bay halves in a year
An extra 4400 people are in work in Hawke's Bay compared with the same time last year.